To deepen international higher education exchanges, President Sea-Fue Wang of National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) led a delegation to Thailand in February to visit President Pai-Chi Li of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The two institutions signed a university-level partnership agreement, making AIT the 24th partner institution of NTUT in Thailand. In March, President Pai-Chi Li led a return delegation to visit NTUT. During the visit, both parties reached a consensus to initiate a dual master’s degree program in semiconductors between NTUT’s College of Innovative and Advanced Technologies and AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology—marking a new chapter in higher education collaboration in the semiconductor field.

Located in Bangkok, Thailand, the Asian Institute of Technology was established in 1959 and has always conducted its programs in English. With the mission of "nurturing engineering talent for Asia and solving Asia's problems," AIT is renowned for its programs in transportation, civil engineering, sustainable engineering, and management. Former Premier of Taiwan and the late Senior Advisor to the President, Sun Yun-suan, served on AIT's Board of Trustees during his tenure as Minister of Economic Affairs, establishing a strong connection between Taiwan and AIT. Since then, the Taiwanese government and state-owned enterprises have regularly sent personnel to study at AIT, and its alumni have played key roles in major infrastructure projects in Taiwan.

President Sea-Fue Wang noted that both NTUT and AIT share the mission of cultivating engineering talent and have made significant contributions to national economic development, earning international recognition. As a practice-oriented research university, NTUT has long engaged in faculty and student exchanges and research collaboration with top global institutions such as MIT, Penn State, and Tohoku University in Japan. NTUT continues to foster industry-academia collaboration through innovative policies and has worked closely with the semiconductor industry for many years to cultivate talent. Last year, it became the first university of technology in Taiwan to establish a master's program in semiconductor technology.

President Wang believes that the dual-degree collaboration with AIT in the semiconductor field will advance the development of key strategic technologies. He also hopes that future cooperation will expand into areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), EMBA programs, and other academic disciplines, jointly nurturing outstanding talent.

AIT President Pai-Chi Li, who is also a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics at National Taiwan University, became AIT’s first president from Taiwan in September of last year. He pointed out that over the decades, AIT has trained numerous top engineering professionals from Taiwan, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. Of its more than 27,000 graduates from over 100 countries, nearly 900 are alumni from Taiwan.

President Li emphasized that the new semiconductor partnership with NTUT is part of the "Transformative Engineering" initiative he has actively promoted since taking office. Through international academic cooperation, he aims to support Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy and strengthen talent development in key technology industries such as semiconductors and AI—contributing to the sustainable economic development of the Asian region.

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